The Structure And The Types Of Compound Words In Marobo Dialect Of Kemak Language

MARTINS, Dominggas Afonso (2020) The Structure And The Types Of Compound Words In Marobo Dialect Of Kemak Language. Undergraduate thesis, Unika Widya Mandira.

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Abstract

It was conducted in order to answer the following questions: (1) What word class does construct compound words in Marobo dialect of Kemak language? (2) What are the types of compound words found in Marobo dialect of Kemak language? While the objectives of the study are (1) to describe the structure of compound words in Marobo dialect of Kemak language and (2) to find out the types of compound words in Marobo dialect of Kemak language. The data for this study were collected through the answers to the questionnaires done by four chosen informants. The method used in this study was descriptive method. The descriptive method means to describe and explain the structure and the types of compound words in Marobo dialect of Kemak language. The data were analyzed through some steps: reading, considering, listing, translating, describing, classifying and concluding the structure and the types of compound words in Marobo dialect of Kemak language. The result of the study are the following. (1)The structure of compound words, a. verb (V) + adjective (Adj) for instance msai talin ‘centipede’ which is formed by combining the verb msai ‘out’ and the adjective talin ‘long’; b. verb (V) + verb (V), for instance lakabuta ‘butterfly’ which is constructed by combining the verb laka ‘order’ and the verb buta ‘play’; c. adjective (Adj) + verb (V), for instance boko cici ‘tadpole’ which is formed by combining the adjective boko ‘round’ and the verb cici ‘filtrate’; d. Noun (N) + noun (N), for instance beaubun ‘dragonfly’ which is structured by combining the noun bea ‘water’ and the noun ubun ‘owner’; e. noun (N) + preposition (Prep), for instance ai laran ‘forest’ which is formed by combining the noun ai ‘tree’ and the preposition laran ‘in’; f. noun (N) + adjective (Adj), for instance for instance lelobansan which is formed by combining the noun lelo ‘sun’ and the adjective bansan ‘hot’; g. verb (V) + noun (N), for instance ha acin ‘plate’ which is formed by combining the verb ha ‘eat’ and the noun acin ‘place’; h. noun (N) + verb (V), for instance acu le’a ‘fire furnace’ which is formed by combining the noun acu ‘stone’ and the verb le’a ‘burn’; i. adjective (Adj) + adjective (Adj), for instance mosok moasan ‘light green’ which is formed by combining the adjective mosok ‘green’ and the adjective moasan ‘alive’. (2) The types of compound, a. headed compound, for example leloraman ‘sunlight’, rae goan ‘ground hole’, ai ecun ‘flower’, matar ulun ‘eyelash’, limar tagan ‘finger’; b. headless compound, for example msai talin ‘centipede’, lakataru ‘caterpillar’, lakabuta ‘butterfly’, boko cici ‘tadpole’, beaubun ‘dragonfly’. In line with the significance and the finding of the study some suggestion are proposed. (1) Other researchers are suggested to conduct the research focusing on the same topic to confirm by enlarging the number of data to get enough information. (2) Other researchers are suggested to study Kemak language focusing on other aspects. (3) Linguistic researchers are suggested to do other researches in any languages focusing on compound word.

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